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Wednesday, August 22, 1962
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The Headlines
ECONOMIC TREND RISES FIRST TIME SINCE FEBRUARY; 10 of 17 'Leading Indicators' for July Pointed Upward, but Data Are Incomplete U.S. REPORTS STATISTICS Changes in General Course of Business Are Usually Foretold in Compilation ECONOMIC TREND POINTING UPWARD
Read in The New York Times →#1 on the Billboard Hot 100
The Loco-Motion
Little Eva
#1 at the box office
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
The must-have
Slip 'N Slide
On This Day
The OAS attempts to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Deng Xiaoping (1904)
- Claude Debussy (1862)
- Ray Bradbury (1920)
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902)
- Pope Leo XII (1760)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bummerfoxhunkscam
Hippie
flower powergroovyheavyout of sightright on
Surfer
cowabungahang tenwipe outgnarly
Tech Check
Telstar Satellite, LED (Light Emitting Diode) & Compact Cassette.
Cost of Living (1960)
Loaf of Bread
$0.20
Gallon of Gas
$0.31
Average Home
$11,900
New Car
$2,600
Time Elapsed
23,298 days ago
(63 years, 303 days)